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![]() ![]() It is the epoch we have been waiting for: the promise of democracy beckons as the threat of totalitarianism and global war recedes. But the days of the nation-state and democracy as we know it may be numbered, the author argues. In many places the world is already evolving beyond both. ![]() by Robert D. Kaplan |
![]() ![]() The oldest environmental debate is the one between those who say we are rapidly depleting the planet's resources and those who say we will all pull through just fine. The temptation to look for the truth "somewhere in the middle" may be dangerous folly. ![]() by Paul R. Ehrlich, Gretchen C. Daily, Scott C. Daily, Norman Myers, and James Salzman |
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Reports Notes & Comment: But Not Least An aristocracy of longevity. by Richard Rubin ![]() Why information technology has yet to spur productivity. by Alan S. Blinder and Richard E. Quandt Transportation: Rails to Trails Turning railroad beds into paths is so obviously a good idea that the wonder is that it's actually happening. by Tony Hiss Personal File: Doggone What went around came around. by Patsy Garlan Fiction & Poetry ![]() A poem by Robert Morgan Click A short story by John Barth ![]() A poem by Chana Bloch ![]() A poem by David Solway
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Arts & Leisure Travel: Pleasure Islands The Canaries remain alluring, but don't spend all your time on Tenerife. Try Lanzarote. by Rose Moss Music: All Sales Are Vinyl In Lower Manhattan dozens of stores attest to the commercial vitality of long-playing records. by Jonathan Scull Food: Sweetness and Light Good muscat, the ideal dessert wine, is now made in America. by Corby Kummer Books ![]() The Oxford Book of the American South, edited by Edward L. Ayers and Bradley C. Mittendorf; Power in the Blood, by John Benley Mays; Dixie Rising, by Peter Applebome by Benjamin Schwarz Toward a New Public School Reinventing Public Education, by Paul T. Hill, Lawrence C. Pierce, and James W. Guthrie by Theodore R. Sizer Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams Other Departments 77 North Washington Street ![]() Contributors ![]() Letters (Send a letter to the editor.) ![]() The December Almanac ![]() ![]() Primary Care to Spare? by Allan Reeder ![]() The Puzzler by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon ![]() Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov |
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